Sire Marcus Miller 1st Generation M3 – TBK 4 String Bass Guitar
Sire Bass Guitar M3 Modern Sound and Design with Marcus miller
LIVING LEGEND AND HIS BASS
Marcus Miller and SIRE wants to see everyone enjoying and playing music. To make this happen, Marcus Miller and SIRE have been on a mission for past several years to build the best quality bass at a price that is unheard of and make it available to everyone. The result is a new line of Marcus Miller bass models that are awesome sounding, fantastic looking, and high quality but extraordinarily low priced. We are happy that SIRE Marcus Miller basses are now available and anticipate more people to play and enjoy music.
Features of the M3
The wood choice for the body: Mahogany. Mahogany tone wood produces warm and smooth tone overall.
The flame maple veneer top makes this bass eye appealing and more enjoyable to play with.
Neck: Canadian Hard Maple neck, rosewood fret board, modern-vintage 12″ radius neck.
Well dried Canadian maple tone wood is used for the neck for more vibrant sound and better playability.
Musicman type soap bar pickups built with pole piece. A new soap bar style pickups have been developed and installed for more full and punchy tone.
Also heavy fomvar magnet wires have been used for more full and rich sound.
The top quality new Marcus Miller 3band eq / preamp system.
SIRE’s 3-band EQ preamp is a new development for the Marcus Miller series bass in order to meet the needs of Marcus Miller’s versatility and to cover various styles of music.
Core technology for good sound, Preamp.
MARCUS HERITAGE-3
SIRE preamp is a perfect example that represents our technology and philosophy integrated into our instruments. With multiple tone controls, you can have total command in finding and getting the tone you want. The use of 18v battery enables the player to attain unaltered natural sound with strong and powerful output. With 3 band EQ, the player can have versatility in sound that can be suited for all occasions of music sessions. All models come with option for active and passive setting. Even in the passive mode, volume, tone, pickup balancer is fully functional, giving the player more controls for the tone in any mode. All models also come with sweepable midrange control option that Marcus Miller advocates as a must have option. The middle frequency control knob allows the player to set sound frequency anywhere between 200Hz~1kHz. This option will be very handy in finding the desired sound.
MODERN FEEL & SOUND
The core component of an electric guitar is the magnetic pickups that detects the vibration of the strings and amplify it through speakers, like that of a mircophone. Therefore the quality and tendency of the pickups greatly influence the tone and characteristics of the sound.
Big polepiece Humbucker Bass Sets are available as newly developed Soap bar style humbucker pickups that produces strong output with punchy and tight mid tone.
NEW MARCUS MILLER MODERN BASS TYPE
With modern feel and design, this new bass can produce the desired sound for any genres of music from soft to strong metal grunge music.
MAHOGANY BODY’S RICH AND WARM TONE
The body wood is made with mahogany wood with beautiful flamed maple veneer on top. Mahogany is known for its warmth and full bodied tone which produces deep and rich mid and low round ton.
STABLE AND ACCURATE SOUND WAVE TRANSFER
Marcus Big Mass Bridge(String-Thru Body Bridge)
The bridge is where the strings are connected from the head machine to the body and therefore greatly affects the tone of the instrument. Marcus Miller SIRE M3 bass is equipped with SIRE’s technology enhanced basic bidge. The string-thru body bridge mechanism allows for more tighter, accurate and stable tone.
STABLE AND ACCURATE TUNUNG
Tuning Gear: Sire Basic Diecasting gear
Equipped with SIRE’s own basic diecasting gear head machines developed with accurate gear ratio, the head machines are very reliable in turning.
PPS TUSK(Synthetic Ivory)
The nut is made with PPS(Poly Phenylene Sulfide)Tusk. This material is known for strong durability and heat resistance. It has the characteristic of a real ivory. PPS Tusk is much stronger and is more responsive than plastic nut that is commonly found in less expensive instruments. PPS tusk nut produces more stable, balanced, and tighter tone. It enhances string vibration for maximum output.
EASE OF PLAYABILITY CANADIAN HARDMAPLE NECK
The neck is made with Canadian hard maple. With its hardness and strenght it minimizes the movement and stabilizes the neck to maintain the original shape and condition. For modern feel, the neck is build with 12″ radius rosewood fingerboard with medium size frets that will offer ease and comfort in playability. The fret board is made with rosewood to warm and round sound.
Specification
Body Material : Mahogany with Flame maple veneer
Body Shape : New Modern Bass Type
Body Color : TBK[Transparent Black], STR[See Through Red], TBL[Transparent Blue]
Neck Material : Canadian Hard Maple (scarf joint)
Neck Shape : C-Shape
Scale : 34”
Fingerboard : Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 12”
Frets : Medium , 20 Frets
String Nut : PPS Tusk Black, 1.5”
Binding : None
Inlay : White Pearl Dot
Neck Joint : 4 Bolt Indivisual Dot
Pickups : Marcus Blue Hum
Electronics : Marcus Heritage- 3 with Middle Frequency Control
Controls : Volume / Tone (Dual Pot) | Pickup Blender | Treble | Middle / Middle Frequency (Dual Pot) | Bass, Mini Toggle (Active / Passive )
knob : Modem Black Plastic
Bridge : Heavy Mass Standard
Tuning Gear : Basic Diecasting Gear
Hardware Finish : Chrome
Pickgaurd : None
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